AirGarage
{{Short description|American parking management company}}
{{Orphan|date=December 2024}}
{{Infobox company
| name = AirGarage
| logo =
| type = Private
| industry = Parking management
| founded = 2017
| hq_location = San Francisco, CA
| website = https://www.airgarage.com/
}}
AirGarage is an American parking management company that partners with real estate owners to operate their parking lots and garages. The company has developed a license plate recognition camera system to automatically detect when vehicles enter and exit.{{Cite web |last=Alamalhodaei |first=Aria |date=2021-10-21 |title=AirGarage, a full-stack parking operator, raises $12.5M in round led by a16z |url=https://techcrunch.com/2021/10/21/airgarage-a-full-stack-parking-operator-raises-12-5m-in-round-led-by-a16z/ |website=TechCrunch |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Shrivastava |first=Rashi |title=From Pool Rentals To A Pet Adoption Marketplace: These 30 Under 30 2023 Finalists Are Using Tech To Meet Consumer Needs |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/rashishrivastava/2022/11/29/from-pool-rentals-to-a-pet-adoption-marketplace-these-30-under-30-2023-finalists-are-using-tech-to-meet-consumer-needs/ |website=Forbes |language=en}}
History and growth
AirGarage was founded by Scott Fitsimones, Jonathon Barkl, and Chelsea Border in 2017.{{Cite web |date=2021-11-05 |title=Student startup AirGarage receives $12.5M from venture capitalists |url=https://news.asu.edu/20211105-entrepreneurship-investors-park-funding-airgarage |website=ASU News |language=en}} The trio met and conceived the idea for AirGarage while attending Arizona State University, initially renting out driveway spaces near campus to college students. The company offers parking operations, enforcement, and mobile payments to over 200 parking facilities.{{Cite web |title=Report: AirGarage Business Breakdown & Founding Story |url=https://research.contrary.com/reports/airgarage |website=Contrary Research |language=en}} After partnering with several nearby churches and Graduate Hotels locations to manage their parking operations,{{Cite web |last=Soland |first=Aeden |title=AirGarage: Affordable on-campus parking |url=https://wildcat.arizona.edu/102806/arts/airgarage-affordable-on-campus-parking/ |website=The Daily Wildcat}} the company began to managing surface lots and garages.
AirGarage has raised around $16m from Andreessen Horowitz and Founders Fund,{{Cite web |last=Hustle |first=The |date=2023-07-28 |title= Airbnb, but for cars |url=https://thehustle.co/%F0%9F%9A%97-airbnb-but-for-cars/ |website=The Hustle |language=en-US}} and has also received investment from angel investors.
AirGarage was on Forbes 30 Under 30 - Consumer Technology (2023).{{Cite web |title=AirGarage |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/airgarage/ |website=Forbes |language=en}}